My Villainous Life Starting with Naruto

Chapter 68 The Mask of God

For three days in a row, Hyuga Yuto rarely went out.

Free agents have this advantage: even if they don't show up for a while, few people suspect anything. They can use excuses like recuperating, lying in ambush, or gathering intelligence.

He had been observing, recording, and studying that bright red "flesh skin" in the underground base.

Its own stem cells, having absorbed the bloodline crystals of Hyuga, underwent such an exaggerated morphological change; the smooth edges were now uneven, only visible at the cellular level.

Over the course of three days, the piece of flesh did not grow any larger, and the "Hyuga Concentrated Crystals" in the large petri dish showed no change in quality.

—The secondary development of the cell has ended.

Realizing this, Hyuga Yuto removed the oval-shaped piece of flesh.

He weighed the remaining bloodline substance and found that about half was still left.

"The corpses of four Chunin and one Jonin are only enough to feed two of these things."

Hyuga Yuto did a rough calculation, activated his Byakugan, and in the gray-black world, the piece of flesh was a chaotic mess.

His pupils could not penetrate flesh that was only 1 millimeter thick.

Hinata Yuto was not surprised but rather pleased.

Then, he repeatedly tested it using some medical ninja techniques, and only after confirming that the piece of skin contained no toxins did he carefully take it in his hand.

It was cool, very light, and smooth to the touch, like a piece of skin that had been cut off.

He stared blankly at the red, oval-shaped fleshy skin in his palm.

The fact that such a thing was cultivated through meticulous planning was completely unexpected by Hyuga Yuto.

Whether it's the fragmented biological knowledge I saw before transmigrating, or the medical ninjutsu Tsunade taught me in this life, or the in vitro stem cell culture, none of these should have resulted in this outcome.

His original plan was to transplant the newly developed cells back into his own body, repeating the process to reawaken the Ōtsutsuki bloodline deep within him.

However, it is obvious that this oval-shaped red fleshy skin is not suitable for transplantation.

He admitted that his understanding of "chakra" was still very shallow. In any world, once "superpowers" are acquired, the experimental results will become increasingly uncontrollable and unknown.

However, given the facts, Hyuga Yuto had no choice but to accept them and overturn his original assumptions.

In the silent underground chamber, the young man from the separated family rubbed his skin, pondering what could have caused this situation.

The experiment of "purifying bloodlines" must have happened in families with bloodline limits. The Hyuga clan has existed for over a thousand years, and in all that time, not a single member of the clan has ever had scientific literacy or a desire for exploration. Even Hyuga Yuto himself doesn't believe it when he hears this.

However, the Hyuga clan is still declining and has not produced any extraordinary figures who could change the world order for many years. This shows that even if the operation of bloodline reversion is theoretically sound, it is not very feasible using conventional methods.

Hyuga Yuto was actually trying it out with a "let's see what happens" attitude. If it didn't work, he had other methods, such as taking a risk and trying to steal Hashirama Senju's cells. This thing is considered a classic, unreasonable cheat code in the Naruto world, and it would definitely work, but he would have to bear the risk of death.

However, his cells underwent tremendous morphological and phenotypic changes during in vitro culture, which was extremely rare. So rare that Hyuga Yuto stood there dumbfounded, unable to determine the cause of this anomaly.

"Squeezing juice from Hyuga ninja corpses" is a simple process. It involves extracting the essence of their flesh and bones, turning it into blood crystals, and using it as nutrients for cell regeneration.

So it's a problem with the raw materials? My cells...

Hinata Yuto touched his chest; he was a transmigrator, this was his biggest secret.

However, the identity of a time traveler, apart from giving him the advantage of knowing the plot, had no other use. The bits and pieces of the past thirteen years told him that although his talent was good, it was not outstanding, and he was probably not as strong as Hyuga Neji who was born a few years later.

If there are differences between them and the indigenous people, those differences must be hidden in a deeper corner, such as... their souls.

Chakra is a supernatural energy that combines physical and mental power. If mental power is broadly categorized as "soul," then I am indeed fundamentally different from other ninjas. However, drawing such a conclusion requires extensive comparative experiments...

Hyuga Yuto shook his head, stopping his excessive thinking.

He is a pragmatist who will not confine himself to the dead end of exploring principles and processes. Since a pleasing change in form and nature has occurred, he will gladly accept it and consider the rest later.

So the key now is... how to use it.

Hyuga Yuto lightly lifted the flesh.

Swallow it whole? Or stick it onto a ninja tool? Or enchant it or something?

He pondered for a while and suddenly realized that this thing looked strangely familiar.

This color, this size and shape...

As if struck by inspiration, he took off his headband and pressed the red fleshy patch onto his forehead.

This posture is strikingly similar to that of Princess Kaguya Otsutsuki, who has awakened the Rinne Sharingan!

Like an ancient machine with its most crucial gear embedded in it, the mutilated body of the "Hyuga branch family" came back to life at this moment.

The red fleshy skin rippled strangely, like water poured into a lake, and disappeared into the skin on Hyuga Yuto's forehead.

Chakra began to be rebuilt, and a completely new power was generated within him, which was like a lead ball compared to cotton compared to Hyuga Yuto's original power.

That's a "pupil power" far superior to the Byakugan!

At that moment, the caged bird mark on his forehead disappeared, and the sealed "first-degree perspective" reappeared.

The cursed seal, which the Hyuga main family was so proud of and which had been repaired and perfected over a thousand years, was completely suppressed by the terrifying eye power.

Hinata Yuto touched his forehead with trembling hands, like a bird that had finally broken free of its cage.

Freedom, dignity, and the sense of security of having one's own life in one's own hands filled him with such joy that he couldn't think things through calmly.

I will be born into the world in a completely new form... My soul will return to me, instead of being imprisoned in a prison called the caged bird.

However, the joy of regaining freedom did not last long.

At one point, the red, oval piece of flesh fell from Hyuga Yuto's forehead and landed on the ground like a powerless piece of paper, no longer possessing any magical power.

The caged bird returned to him, and the power vanished.

The slave, who had been imprisoned for ten years, only got to breathe "fresh air" for three minutes.

Hyuga Yuto acted like a madman. He picked up the piece of flesh and pressed it hard against his forehead until his skin was covered in blood, but it had no effect.

At some point, the underground chamber returned to calm.

Hyuga Yuto lay on the ground, closing his eyes without any emotion.

In his hand was a piece of red flesh that had lost its strange power.

These are Cinderella's glass slippers.

Also known as "The Mask of God".

(End of this chapter)